Enoch warner



' E. WARNER.

HAND P EEEEE AOHINE.

. No. 517,252. Patented Mar. 27, 1894.

i I j I 1 r JD I .1 f I Mann? ENOCH WARNER, OF CENTRAL CITY, NEBRASKA,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ADDISON B. JOHNSTON, OF SAME PLACE.

HAND FENCE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,252, dated March27, 1894.

Application filed January 6. 1894. Serial No. 495.994.. (No model.) I

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENOOH WARNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Central City, in the county of Merrick and State ofNebraska, have invented a new and useful Hand Fence-Machine, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to hand fence machines; and it has for its objectto provide IO certain improvements in that class of fence machines whichare operated by hand for the purpose of Weaving the pickets between thewires of the fence.

To this end the main and primary objects [5 of the presentinvention areto constructa simple and inexpensive Weaving machine which shall possessefficient means for properly twisting the wires around the pickets, andone which will be held perfectly steady in its up and down movementwhile in operation.

With these and other objects in view, which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel construction, combination,

and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated,and claimed.

In the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a perspective View of a picket fence partlybuilt, and showing my improved weaving machine in operative position fortwisting the wires after the insertion of a picket therebetween. Fig. 2is an enlarged detail perspective view of the machine.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

A represents an upright frame or machine bar, constructed of wood ormetal, and formed in lengths suitable for different heights of fences,and, at regularly spaced points, the said frame or machine-bar A, isprovided with short off-standin g shuttle arms B, to the outer ends ofwhich are pivoted the inner ends of the swinging shuttle bars 0. Anydesired number of shuttle arms and shuttle bars pivoted thereto may bearranged on the upright frame bar A, so as to accommodate the machinefor use in connection with fences employing difierent numbers of linewires to be weaved around the fence pickets.

The several swinging shuttle bars C, pivoted at their inner ends to theshort arms B,

carry at their outer swinging ends the rightangularly disposed wireheads D, which are provided in the opposite extremities thereof, aboveand below the bars C, with the wire notches E, which are adapted toreceive the line wires F, of a fence. 'lheseline wires F,are alwaysarranged in parallel pairs that are intended to accommodate therebetweenthe fence pickets Gr, of an ordinary picket fence H, and around whichfence pickets the pairs of wires are to be twisted or more properlyspeaking crossed to hold them properly in place. It will be seen thatthere is a shuttle bar for each pair of fence wires F, and the wireheads D hold the wires of each pair sufficiently far apart so as toaccommodate ordinary widths of fence pickets therebetween, and in orderto properly twist the wires at one side of the last fence picket placedin position, it

is simply necessary to work the upright frame bar A, up and down, so asto cause the shuttle bars C, to swing or turn on their pivots andthereby twist the wires.

Secured to the upright frame bar A, at a point intermediate of its ends,is a laterally extending combined handle and side brace I, which isangled at its outer end to form a short shuttle arm B, in horizontalalignment with the intermediate one of said shuttle arms, and to theouter extremity of the han- 8o dle shuttle arm B, is pivoted the innerend of the supplemental off-standing shuttle bar C, carrying at itsouter end a wire head D, provided with wire notches E, in its ends,similar to the construction of the other shuttle bars and heads. Bygrasping the handle I, the device may be moved up and down toproperlytwist the wires, and by reason of employing an off-standingsupplemental shuttle, braced to the frame bar, and connected with anintermediate pair of fence wires, the machine will be steadied in itsmovement, and will positively be prevented from slipping or working outof a vertical line in which it is necessary to keep the machine moving 5to efiectually accomplish the proper twisting of the wires.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction,may be resorted to without departing from the principle or [00sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecure by Let ters Patent, is-

1. In a wire fence machine, the combination of the upright frame barhaving a series of short oifstanding shuttle arms, swinging shuttle barspivoted at their inner ends to said shuttle arms and having at theirouter ends right-angularly disposed wire heads provided with notches intheir opposite ends, and a combined handle and side brace extendedlaterally from said frame bar and adapted to be connected with the fencewires, substantially as set forth.

2. In ahand fence machine, thecombination of an upright frame bar havinga series of short shuttle arms, a series of swinging shuttle barspivoted at their inner ends to said shuttle arms and having at theirouter ends right-angulariy disposed wire heads provided with wirenotched in their opposite ends, a combined handle and side braceextended laterally from the frame bar at an intermediate point andprovided with an angled outer end, and a supplemental shuttle barpivoted to said angled end and having a notched right angularly disposedwire head, said supplemental shuttle bar and its head being arranged ina line with an intermediate one of the other shuttle bars, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ENOOH WARNER.

itnessesz JNo. SHIPMAN, S. 13. STARRETT.

